Mathematics

Busy Things contains a whole host of maths resources to engage your early years and primary children and bring this difficult and not always appealing subject to life! More...

Our number games and activities will help get your early years children counting, ordering, adding and subtracting in no time at all. Older children will be encouraged to count in multiples and take on multiplication, division and fractions.

An abundance of resources support other areas of the maths curriculum including shape, symmetry, money and time.

You can use our maths widgets to demonstrate particularly tricky concepts at the front of class. And our quizzes will give you a quick picture of how the children are progressing and where they are struggling.

Ages 3 to 5

Our early years games will get your children counting out loud, recognizing one more and one less, splitting objects into small and large groups, matching numerals to groups of objects, recognizing shapes, creating patterns and navigating mazes. More...

Teachers can easily customise the difficulty level to suit individuals or small groups of children.

Count out food for brown monkey

Ages 5 to 7

Using Busy Things will soon have your children recognizing place value, ordering and rounding numbers, as well as making calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Other activities at this level involve working with simple fractions, money, shapes and graphs. More...

All the activities can be used by pupils working on their own, in small groups or at the front of class taking turns.

Calculate in Pounds, Euros or Australian dollars!

Ages 7 to 11

For older children our quizzes can give you a quick picture of how the children are progressing and help you pinpoint the areas where they are experiencing difficulties. Quizzes can be enjoyed individually, in small groups or by the whole class. More...

You can use our maths widgets to demonstrate and discuss the more challenging concepts at the front of class.

Test your knowledge of fractions with our popular Miner Birds game!

Use the Busy Box for quick-fire revision!

The Busy-Box area contains rapid-fire mini games that children can play in quick succession to collect stars and work together to get your school higher up the leaderboard.